The eight-year-old, by unfashionable stallion Aristotle, gave champion jumps jockey Steven Pateman his second victory in the gruelling 5500m marathon over 33 fences after he won it aboard Al Garhood last year.

Pateman dominated the six jumps events over the three-day carnival winning five of them including the Galleywood Hurdle aboard Black And Bent.

“There’s a lot of prestige to this race and this horse is a family favourite,” Payne said.

“My brother (Andrew) had him and gave him to me to train about three years ago because he didn’t have his jumping licence.

“The horse was bred by Mike Hurst who is a family friend and used to race horses with my father (Paddy).

“He still has a part-share in him and that makes it pretty special.

“The horse is bred stamina on stamina and loves wet tracks.”

Awakening Dream has won eight of his 11 jumps starts and was targeted at the race virtually straight after he ran second to Al Garhood in last year’s edition.

Pateman took Awakening Dream ($4.40) to the front after Al Garhood led in the early stages.

He controlled the race and had it won a long way out, strolling home by 15 lengths from Vindicating ($6) with Pentacolo ($21) three-quarters of a length away third.